I have the style that you can connect battery #1 or #2 or both or OFF.
It never (in the few months I've the boat) worked smoothly and today
stopped switching at all (jammed)

I drilled out the 4 hollow rivet type fasteners and pulled everything apart.

What
I found was one of the 'stationary contact plates' had raised up a bit,
maybe 3/32" This was enough that when the 'moving contact' came to
this ledge it Stopped.

The stationary contact has a stud passing
through it that you fasten your battery cable to. It is encased/formed
into the plastic case but I didn't see any indication that it had in deed moved. Nothing was loose. But this was surely the problem.

What
I did was use a file to bevel both the leading and trailing edges of
both the moveable and stationary contacts then clean them up with some
100 grit abrasive paper.

I decided the easiest way to re mount
the switch was drill the holes out to 5/16" then epoxy the case back
together. I cleaned everything with acetone then scuffed it up and
applied JB Weld.

I then used 1/4" carriage bolts to fasten the switch back into the boat.

These things are well made from heavy stock. I found they are available from about $40 to $65 'keep on boatin' - I use to say 'keep on truckin'

do all you canas best you canfor as long as you cankeep the faith&keep on boatin''use to say:keep on truckin'

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